Curriculum & Resource Development

Our team develops high quality, in-depth K-8 curriculum and resources focused on stories of marginalized communities around the United States. Each utilizes our A-R-T framework, ensuring that students analyzes the past, reflect on their lives, and transform their communities and neighborhoods around them.

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How It Works

OurStory Curriculum

Pre-made interdisciplinary curriculum for elementary & middle school classrooms; For our 1 classroom license, the price is $149. Multiple classroom and district licenses’ prices varies depending on your needs.

Bridge Builders: A Toolkit for Justice

Made for teachers, school administrators, and parental and community groups preparing for Ethnic Studies in their classrooms, Bridge Builders is our Patreon subscription for resources focused on Ethnic Studies, inclusive and safe spaces, and transformative education.

Consulting

Services include co-designing curriculum development and review and coaching. Pricing varies depending on your needs.

OurStory Curriculum

#IRL Classroom Examples

  • Ms. Elaine, Grade 5 in San Francisco, CA

    We used the "Even If Made in Jade" poster, worksheet, and Know-Wonder-Learn as an introduction and then really dove deep. Students researched different topics and are presenting to each other.

    Some kids saw the Even If Made of Jade poster with "ICE" in the top corner and they were reminded of their topic and what is happening today, even if Angel Island isn't a thing anymore. They were able to tie it back to their projects and that was really cool.

    I feel like just the illustrations were really captivating for the students and were a great introduction to Angel Island.

  • Ms. Emma, Grades 2-3 in Berkeley, CA

    This year, I am excited to pilot poetry lessons that Katie has specifically designed for early elementary. I usually design all of my own curriculum so it was such a time saver to adapt lessons Katie designed to the unit I am teaching.

    The lessons combine community gardening, poetry and art. It is helpful to think about teaching poetry in a new way so I can enrich my students' learning. The lessons also encouraged me to engage in collaboration with my colleagues. The culminating project involves creating a 3D poem out of clay.

    I spoke with the art teacher, and she is excited to work with our students on this part of the project.

  • Ms. Wileen, Grades 9-12 in Chicago, IL

    I love the poster and all the links to more resources. We used the list of Historical Players in jigsaw groups. Students in groups were each given a topic from the list and introduced that topic to the class. Having these topics listed really helped me (as a non-history teacher) to narrow down what they needed to focus on to understand the context of the memoir in The Best We Could Do.

    We watched several videos from Project Yellow Dress, and they particularly liked "What I Wish My Teachers Knew About My Southeast Asian American Experience." We looked at the poster and discussed what parts of the poster related to the experiences in the book.

    We also used the Reflection questions as journaling, in whole-class and small-group discussions, and in reflecting on the events in the book.

    Overall, though, I really appreciate having all these resources because it gave me a solid starting point in framing this book for the students.